Overview
Work We Do
Symphonologie: The music of business
Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues related to digital disruption, competitive agility, operating and business models as well as the future workforce helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world.
Why We Are Different
Accenture Strategy understands the mechanics of organizational success. We have the people, skills, insights and deep industry experience needed to shape new forms of client value. We also understand the subtle orchestrations, rhythms and movements that set true high performers apart. We bring the art and science of business together to help our clients create a unique Symphonologie—one that inspires, connects, and makes the ordinary extraordinary. That's high performance, delivered.
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Symphonologie: The music of business
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C-SUITE THEMES
Get distinctive points of view on the risks and opportunities facing today's leaders and businesses.
Competitive Agility
Global Operating Model
Digital Disruption
Future Workforce
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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
The worlds of business technology are colliding. The result? Opportunity. That's where we come in.
Advanced Customer Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Talent & Organization
CFO & Enterprise Value
Operations Strategy
Technology Strategy
Digital Strategy
Security
Sustainability
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INDUSTRY FOCUS
Our industry experience enables us to provide working strategies on the ground that shape our client's businesses and ecosystems.
LATEST THINKING
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From lip service to customer service
The digital age has upended how companies interact with customers.LEARN MORE -
Investment Banks: Beware bespoke
Custom systems for core business functions are no longer worth the cost.LEARN MORE -
Curing complexity
How radical simplification can improve competitive agility in pharmaceuticalsLEARN MORE -
Re-imagining trust in the digital age
For a digital business, regaining customer confidence is the new prerequisite for success.LEARN MORE -
Talent strategies for oil and gas operators
Oil and gas operators need new talent strategies to capitalize on the future market rebound.LEARN MORE -
Diving into profit in digital health
Some companies are investing heavily in digital health to capture future value.LEARN MORE -
Smart spending is not just about the numbers
Get the cost transformation mindset right and the figures follow.LEARN MORE -
Energy company of the future: Rethinking everything
Identifying where to play and how to win in the emerging energy landscapeLEARN MORE -
High tech, comms and media: Brace for impact
As digital users see content and service blend, skirmishes are occurring behind the screens.LEARN MORE -
Digital without disruption
Why are so many companies failing to drive growth through digital?LEARN MORE -
Is technology debt bankrupting your competitiveness?
It’s time to address tech debt to free up money and resources for innovation and strategic investments.LEARN MORE -
Future business models for insurance distribution
Digital disruption is forcing business model shifts for insurance distribution.LEARN MORE -
Breaking through the complexity barrier
Ruthlessly challenge the status quo—build an integrated operating modelLEARN MORE -
Can your supply chain avoid extinction?
Dynamic segmentation will ensure future competitiveness.LEARN MORE -
CFOs are the new digital apostles
Trailblazers move beyond piecemeal apps to enterprise-wide digital deployment.LEARN MORE -
National oil companies in the third petroleum era
How NOCs can be competitive in the emerging energy landscapeLEARN MORE -
Shaping the digital agenda to drive growth in airlines and travel
Airline and travel companies beginning their digitization journey must capitalize on new digital strategies and technology.LEARN MORE -
Liberating the supply chain workforce
Robots, prescriptive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are unleashing human potential.LEARN MORE -
How disruption is reshaping the oil and gas industry
Leading to better manage volatility and growthLEARN MORE -
Steeling for disruption
Global steel producers must reinvent themselves as demand growth disappears.LEARN MORE -
Moving beyond “like”: Why social media is revenue ready
Social buying has its own rules of play, and they are not the same as traditional e-commerceLEARN MORE -
Stand out or stand back
In the age of IoT, technology and communications companies need to make bold moves.LEARN MORE -
A tough pill to swallow
Pharmacy Benefit Managers must adopt a new model before time runs out.LEARN MORE -
Reengineering the IT operating model for cloud
Winning companies will be those that reengineer their IT operating model to get ahead in the cloud-based world.LEARN MORE -
Five steps to digital success in insurance
Insurers must convert digital capabilities into financial benefits to compete on a global stage.LEARN MORE -
Fit for tomorrow
As healthcare consumers become more digitally intense, providers need to raise their game.LEARN MORE -
Future state of analytics in devices and gaming
Analytics capabilities must rapidly evolve to keep up with the increasingly rich data landscape of video gaming.LEARN MORE -
The C-level disruptive growth opportunity
CMOs have a limited window of opportunity to claim disruptive growth and the CGO title.LEARN MORE -
CFOs: The digital kingdom begs for a strategic ruler
CFOs who move beyond a process mindset are well positioned to reap results with digital finance.LEARN MORE -
Sustaining competitiveness in a digital age: How trust can make or break the deal
Trust is vital in creating and destroying value—companies seeking digital transformation cannot afford to ignore it.LEARN MORE -
Sparking passion in your people: Attract and retain the best of a new generation
Insights from the Accenture Strategy 2016 German University Graduates StudyLEARN MORE -
Customers think about money differently today. Banks must, too.
An appreciation of what customers value can revitalize relationships and growth strategies.LEARN MORE -
Technology companies cannot buy their way to competitive advantage. Or can they?
The best sourcing and procurement organizations manage costs and drive business growth.LEARN MORE -
Survival of the fittest
Migratory talent patterns spell trouble for established high-tech firmsLEARN MORE -
Platform strategies: How the rules of competitiveness have changed in the era of ecosystems
Digital disruption is leading to platform-based ecosystems—but are businesses ready?LEARN MORE -
Assault and batteries: Protecting all aspects of the grid
Learn how utility grids have gotten smarter—and more vulnerable—than ever. And what to do to protect them.LEARN MORE -
Digital wormholes accelerate move to new markets
Using digital to accelerate new market entry, Davids are the new Goliaths.LEARN MORE -
Boosting competitiveness at the intersection of Claims and Procurement
Learn why those who win at the intersection can improve loss ratios by 1-3 percentage pointsLEARN MORE -
Yesterday’s customer service agent... tomorrow’s empathetic advisor
The digital banking relationship center of the futureLEARN MORE -
Increasing agility to fuel growth and redefine competitiveness in the communications industry
Communications companies are focused on cost reduction to reinvest for growth, but they are challenged by execution.LEARN MORE -
Great expectations: Creating a new experience for the workforce of the future
Insights from the Accenture Strategy 2016 UK University Graduate Employment StudyLEARN MORE -
The digital emperor has no clothes
As digital technologies expose organizations to more scrutiny, leadership strategy must include managing radical transparency.LEARN MORE -
Redefining the rules of competitiveness in the digital age
Discover three strategies companies need in order to boost competitiveness in the digital age.LEARN MORE -
From lead weight to launch pad: Realizing digital objectives while managing legacy optimization
The multispeed approach to pulling digital value out of legacy systems.LEARN MORE -
Swift, agile and ruthlessly customer focused
What we can learn from digital innovation hubsLEARN MORE -
Old methods deliver old results
Use Design Thinking and Prime Value Chain analysis to simplify experiences and drive outcomes.LEARN MORE -
Value-based cost reduction: Finding the optimal strategy for revenue growth
By taking a holistic view of business line costs, banks can re-evaluate optimization.LEARN MORE -
Are you prepared to sell in the age of distraction?
A shift to Outcome Selling can help sales teams regain their focus—and their sales momentum.LEARN MORE -
Answering the call for personalized customer experiences
To grow their retail revenue, telcos need to shift their mindsets—and their selling models.LEARN MORE -
Six steps to building a digital ecosystem for innovation and growth
Open collaboration beyond company boundaries has become essential for creating new forms of disruptive growth.LEARN MORE -
Workforce of the future: Business change and the millennial challenge
Banks need an innovative and dynamic image to attract and retain the workforce of tomorrow.LEARN MORE -
Investment banking technology: Jettisoning legacy architectures
Banks may find it valuable to establish a different operating model for legacy applications.LEARN MORE -
Front-line offense: Is your front office helping or hindering customer retention?
A proactive, digital operating model can morph your front office into a customer-service star.LEARN MORE -
Carve-outs: The new darling of M&A?
Why companies should be just as focused on selling a business as buying oneLEARN MORE -
Is your operating model holding you back from growth?
Businesses have plans to drive growth and competitiveness, but sometimes, nothing happens.LEARN MORE -
New rules for culture change
Understanding what drives culture change can make all the difference between transformations that fail and those that succeed.LEARN MORE -
The gig experience: Unleashing the potential of your talent and your business
Insights from the Accenture Strategy 2016 U.S. College Graduate Employment StudyLEARN MORE -
China has changed. It’s time for multinationals to do the same.
Precision, agility, and local co-innovation are the keys to success in the “new” China.LEARN MORE -
How large is your cybersecurity Threat Gap?
New threats are at your virtual gates. A big cyber spend is not enough to keep them at bay.LEARN MORE -
Is performance management performing?
Revitalize performance management to better support business objectives and the workforce of the future.LEARN MORE -
Digital factory: Cracking the code to success
How manufacturers can get the biggest return on their digital investmentsLEARN MORE -
Judgment calls: Preparing leaders to thrive in the age of intelligent machines
The quality of “judgment work” is poised to become a source of competitive advantage for the workforce of the future.LEARN MORE -
Decision edge—Boosting competitiveness through “scientific” strategic decision making
When it comes to decision making, the only thing under our control is the process used to arrive at the decision.LEARN MORE -
A machine in the C-suite
Not just a decision-support tool, intelligent machines are becoming active partners in the C-suite.LEARN MORE -
From reporting the past to architecting the future: Meet the Finance 2020 workforce
Digital technologies are rapidly reinventing finance—and the workforce will never be the same.LEARN MORE -
Digital disruption: The growth multiplier
Optimizing digital investments to realize higher productivity and growth.LEARN MORE -
Digital disconnect in customer engagement
Companies need to rebalance digital and traditional investments to drive growth.LEARN MORE -
CFO reality check: Good intentions in cost management are not good enough
Cost reduction is key, but as CFOs pivot to growth, many risk leaving the cost flank exposed.LEARN MORE -
Energy Perspectives: Ushering in collaboration and integration
Returning the oil and gas industry to the era of superior returnsLEARN MORE -
IQ plus EQ
How technology will unlock the emotional intelligence of the workforce of the futureLEARN MORE -
The key to sales productivity and growth? Spend less time selling
Leaders spend less time selling products and more time delivering customer experiences (CX).LEARN MORE -
Corporate Disruptors: How business is turning global challenges into opportunities
A new Accenture Strategy report shows sustainable development and business value are not mutually exclusive.LEARN MORE -
Digital disruption: The growth multiplier
Optimizing digital investments to realize higher productivity and growthLEARN MORE -
Service is the new sales. Are you ready to seize this opportunity?
In today’s always-on world, growth is dependent on service experiences that keep customers engaged—and spending more.LEARN MORE -
Managers and machines, unite!
Intelligent machines are poised to dramatically shift management roles and recast the workforce of the future.LEARN MORE -
The gig experience: Unleashing the potential of your talent and your business
Insights from the Accenture Strategy 2016 U.S. College Graduate Employment StudyLEARN MORE
Acquisitions
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2nd Road
October 31, 2016Giving Accenture Strategy clients a competitive edge through design thinking
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Kurt Salmon
November 1, 2016Enabling Accenture Strategy to deliver end-to-end strategy services for retail
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Javelin Group
June 29, 2015Expanding Accenture Strategy digital capabilities in the retail industry.
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Axia Limited
April 3, 2015Bolstering Accenture Strategy capabilities to help clients improve competitiveness.
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CLIENT CASE STUDIES
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GLOBAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
Visibility and analytics networks to improve access to healthcareLEARN MORE -
GLOBAL LAW FIRM
Integrating business and technology in a global law firm with digital capabilitiesLEARN MORE
MEET OUR LEADERS
Who will help shape the future of your business?
Meet the leaders who help guide our clients, our teams and our vision.
"Robots and automation will play a significant part in the digital transformation to come. There are massive productivity gains to be made across manufacturing and logistics, and also in services sectors as artificial intelligence takes on some of the workload of certain white-collar roles."
Mark A. Knickrehm
Group Chief Executive – Accenture Strategy
